Some worthwhile points that he makes:

It’s a crime

Our inaction on climate change is a crime. It is and should be treated as such. The lies and propaganda of the Anti-science Machine are crimes against humanity and hopefully they will be formally recognized as such.

“Uncertainty”

The alleged uncertainty of the science is very much an American phenomenon. Not that there aren’t Bolts, Delingpoles, Balls and Mtols all over the world (what village is without its’ idiot?), but that widespread and official Denial is peculiar to the US.

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Hertsgaard has it 100% right about nukes. They cost too much. They take too long to build and the projects often go way over budget and schedule. They soak up vast amounts of capital that could be better used to deploy renewables *now*. Nukes won’t mitigate climate change, they will make it worse.

Then there’s the ‘small’ problem of what to do with the waste for the next 100,000+ years.

P.S. Blasphemous suggestion: it’s time to stop talking about climate change and start talking about energy.

Pretty much everyone on the planet has picked their ‘side’ on climate change. The deniers are entrenched. They will never be moved with science or reason.

And the climate change ‘debate’ is simply a proxy for energy. While people argue over whether the Arctic is melting, the fossil and nuke industries get a free run at spreading anti-renewable FUD and slowing deployment.

Also, it’s easier to sell clean energy to the public. It’s all about positives: clean air, energy independence, no more foreign ‘wars’ to protect oil supplies. Whereas, climate change is all about “bad things will happen if you don’t do as you’re told!”

at least now we know that the climate changes are normal.
research paleo-climate models and you will see that all this crap about our measly 150 years of industrial spew-age is just another fear tactic like terrorism ….. the facts of the matter are our earth is just going through another temp. and Co2 spike like it does every 110,00 years …..
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Pls take the few min required to actually learn the facts before posting comments anywhere. Wasting everyone’s time with uninformed opinions is extremely rude.